Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman and Noah Efron discuss three topics of incomparable importance and end with an anecdote about something in Israel that made them smile this week. --Smile!-- Some Israelis think that PM Netanyahu’s plan to have cameras in polling places will destroy democracy, while others think it will save it. Why the Rashamon? --What, Me Vote?-- Seven in ten Israelis vote. What’s with the other three? --Politics of Pieties and Pieties of Politics-- Angry ultra-Orthodox feminists say that progressive, secular do-gooders fighting for their rights are messing up their game and setting back their cause. Do they have a point? --Is Trauma a Key to Understanding Israeli Politics?-- For our most extremely generous Patreon supporters, we discuss journalist Matti Friedman’s socko, controversial pre-election column in the Times, The One Thing No Israeli Wants to Discuss. Is trauma a key to understanding Israeli politics? All this and the happy hipness of Beatnik! --Music-- Beatnik (ביטניק), in celebration of their new record, Seret Ahavah Mitz (מיץ) Ahuvati (אהובתי) LeSapper Lach Emet (לספר לך אמת) Seret Ahavah (סרט אהבה)